STUDENTS at Warrnambool Primary School are busy finding new uses for their rubbish this week.
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By collecting toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, jars, wrappers, pens, textas, mobiles and batteries the enthusiastic environmentalists are doing their bit for National Recycling Week.
From November 12 to 18 communities across the country are learning the benefits of recycling.
Students from Years 1 to 6 at the Jamieson Street site are collecting their waste in recycling bins to then be either reused or recycled into usable products.
The school’s sustainability committee member Catherine Fitzgerald said the students’ soft plastics would be recycled into outdoor furniture that the school planned to purchase early next year.
“It’s amazing the things that can bypass local recycling and be reused,” she said.
“The soft plastics like the tiny teddy wrappers, ziplock bags, chip packets and muesli bar wrappers will become an outdoor furniture setting next year.
“Our students will be able to eat their lunch and work from furniture that is actually made from the soft plastics that we are collecting.
“What a great way to see our recycling journey come full circle.
“We hope by the time our preps graduate from primary school they’ll all have a recycling system set up at home and be educating their family members on how to use it effectively.”
The recycling bins will become a permanent addition to the school’s landscape next month.